title: Addressing nuclides not in the CAP88-PC Version-3 library.
abstract: Versions of the computer program, CAP88, are widely used to calculate the radiological doses from radionuclides emitted into the air. CAP88-PC Version-3 includes an extensive library of radionuclides, but there are many more that are not included. Surrogates are often used to substitute for nuclides not in the library, though the results are usually overestimates. This paper addresses nuclides that are not in the library and describes methods to obtain more accurate results.
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA. mcnaught@lanl.gov
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McNaughton
authors.forename: Burgandy
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brock
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Eisele
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fuehne
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Whicker
mesh_terms: D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*; D001822:Body Burden; D002142:Californium / Q000032:analysis*; D003476:Curium / Q000032:analysis*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011005:Plutonium / Q000032:analysis*; D011851:Radioactivity; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D012984:Software
chemical_list: D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive; D011868:Radioisotopes; D011005:Plutonium; D002142:Californium; D003476:Curium